Section 22(3) in The M.P. Krishi Upaj Mandi (Mandi Samiti Ka Nirvachan) Rules, 1997
(3)If the Presiding Officer, owing to illness or any other unavoidable grounds, is obliged to absent himself from the polling station, his functions shall be performed by such Polling Officer as has been previously authorised by the Returning Officer and inform the Returning Officer to perform such functions during any such absence.
